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Short-term rentals in Ambleside

Ambleside has 1,270 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 609 on Airbnb and 661 on Booking.com. That ranks it 57th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with listings split almost evenly between Booking.com (52%) and Airbnb (48%). 77% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (399 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
1,270
Market rank
#57 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
17

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ambleside

In Ambleside, supply is split almost evenly: 661 listings on Booking.com (52%) and 609 on Airbnb (48%).

Where the listings are in Ambleside

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 1,270 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Ambleside

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 83% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 71% on Airbnb. The 17 named professional operators run 937 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 81% of that. The other 43 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
77%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
8%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 100
  • 2–5 listings 65
  • 6–25 listings 125
  • 26+ (professional) 980

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 74% of Ambleside's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (14%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 943
  • Apartments & flats 182
  • B&Bs & guest houses 82
  • Hotels & hostels 37
  • Unique & outdoor 18
  • Private & shared rooms 8

Largest operators in Ambleside

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked United Kingdom listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Ambleside, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 399 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 250 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
3 Cottages.com 106 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 LetMe Stay 50 4.84 / 5 8.7 / 10 4,868
5 Wheelwrights Cottages Limited 40 4.74 / 5 8.6 / 10 3,192
6 Laik Ltd 28 4.91 / 5 9.0 / 10 5,214
7 Finest Retreats 19 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
8 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 8 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
9 HerdwickCottages.co.uk 8 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 3,035
10 Retreats & Hideaways ltd 8 4.92 / 5 9.5 / 10 1,948

The other 7 professional operators in Ambleside

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Ambleside among their markets. See the full interactive Ambleside market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Ambleside compares

Ambleside ranks 57th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Ambleside market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Ambleside?

Ambleside has 1,270 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 609 on Airbnb and 661 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ambleside?

The largest professional operator in Ambleside is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 399 local listings.

How professionalised is the Ambleside short-term rental market?

77% of Ambleside's listings (980 of 1,270) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 83% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 71% on Airbnb. The 17 named professional operators run 937 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 81% of that. The other 43 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ambleside?

In Ambleside, supply is split almost evenly: 661 listings on Booking.com (52%) and 609 on Airbnb (48%).

How many professional operators run listings in Ambleside?

17 named professional operators run listings in Ambleside. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.

About this data

Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 1,270 public short-term rental listings in Ambleside, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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